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Pawn sacrifice  Cover Image DVD DVD

Pawn sacrifice / Bleecker Street presents in association with MICA Entertainment ; a Material Pictures production ; produced by Gail Katz, Toby Maguire, Eduard Zwick ; screenplay by Steven Knight ; directed by Edward Zwick.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Bleeker Street Media, [2016]
  • Distributor: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
DVD release of the 2014 motion picture.
Widescreen (2.40:1).
Bonus features: Bobby Fischer, the Cold War and the match of the century.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Bradford Young ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; music, James Newton Howard.
Participant or Performer Note:
Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lily Rabe, Robin Weigert.
Summary, etc.:
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
Target Audience Note:
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language, some sexual content and historical smoking.
System Details Note:
Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, NTSC.
DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
In English, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Subject: Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008 > Drama.
Chess players > United States > Drama.
Chess players > Soviet Union > Drama.
Chess > Tournaments > Drama.
Cold War > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Biographical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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  • 21 of 22 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Terryville Public Library.

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